title: Changes in timing of fertility--a Canadian experience.
abstract: This paper examines the patterns of timing of births of women using data from the Canadian Fertility Survey of 1984. Semi-Markovian schemes are applied to the maternity histories of the 5315 sample women in their reproductive ages in order to measure the intensity and timing of childbearing. Age-and-duration-specific transition probabilities are found to have substantially changed for the more recent birth cohorts compared to the older cohorts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rajulton
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001721:Birth Intervals; D002170:Canada; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008390:Markov Chains; D008875:Middle Aged; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal